David Cicilline
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| Chair of the Democratic Policy and Communications Committee | |
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Assumed office January 3, 2017 |
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| Leader | Nancy Pelosi |
| Preceded by | Steve Israel |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Rhode Island's 1st district |
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Assumed office January 3, 2011 |
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| Preceded by | Patrick Kennedy |
| 36th Mayor of Providence | |
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In office January 6, 2003 – January 3, 2011 |
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| Preceded by | John Lombardi |
| Succeeded by | Angel Taveras |
| Member of the Rhode Island House of Representatives from the 4th district |
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In office January 1995 – January 2003 |
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| Preceded by | Linda Kushner |
| Succeeded by | Gordon Fox |
| Personal details | |
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David Nicola Cicilline July 15, 1961 Providence, Rhode Island, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
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Brown University (BA) Georgetown University (JD) |
| Website | Official website |
David Nicola Cicilline (/sɪsᵻˈliːni/; born July 15, 1961) is an American politician who has been the U.S. Representative for Rhode Island's 1st congressional district since 2011. He is a member of the Democratic Party. He previously served as Mayor of Providence, Rhode Island, from 2003 to 2011, and was the first openly gay mayor of a U.S. state capital.
Cicilline was born July 15, 1961, in Providence, Rhode Island. His mother, Sabra (née Peskin), is Jewish, and his father, John Francis "Jack" Cicilline, is Italian American and Catholic. His father is a prominent attorney in Providence who defended local Mafia figures in the 1970s and 1980s and was an aide to Mayor Joseph A. Doorley Jr..
He was raised in Providence before moving to Narragansett. In high school, he served as president of his graduating class and participated in the Close Up Washington civic education program before heading to Brown University, where he established a branch of the College Democrats with his classmate, John F. Kennedy Jr.. He took a degree in political science, graduating magna cum laude in 1983. He then went to Georgetown University Law Center where he earned a J.D.
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